I find it funny that Pixar released Brave, a princess movie and Disney released Wreck It Ralph, a video game movie this year. John Lasseter got his companies crossed or something. For my money Wreck It Ralph is much better then Brave. And maybe that's why Disney made Wreck It Ralph.
Pixar is suffering from the 2006 buyout. Steve Jobs fought against Disney to prevent some of the very actions Lasseter is now taking - letting DisneyToon make a Cars spin off (Planes) and all the Pixar sequels (Cars, Toy Story, Nemo). Let's be honest, Pixar is turning into Disney's B-group.
I don't blame Lasseter for enjoying his new role as head of Disney animation and trying to rekindle the Disney brand. But what of Pixar? Last year's Cars 2 was the worst film in the studio's history. This year's Brave was very pretty but it failed on the one thing Pixar always got right, the story! Next year Pixar is using an inexperienced director to create a prequel to Monsters Inc. Meanwhile Disney is releasing a Hans Christen Anderson fairy tale!
Pixar was king of the art house blockbuster. They made story choices to fit the story not the marketing or demographic. That's a space they are giving up without any replacement. In five years will there be anything unique about Pixar? Is there now? Someone needs to take over Pixar or it's just going to be another production arm of the Mouse House.
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